banality Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a trite or obvious remark
    platitude; cliche; commonplace; bromide.

WordNet

Ba*nal"i*ty noun
Etymology
F. banalité. See Banal.
Wordforms
plural Banalities
Definitions
  1. Something commonplace, hackneyed, or trivial; the commonplace, in speech.
    The highest things were thus brought down to the banalities of discourse. J. Morley.

Webster 1913